Ankit_sharma03 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Stutter, Rasgulla and Vilander 3 Link to comment
adi B Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Enjoy your life post retirement thala! You had a great career ,had that x factor ,that midas touch and the most important feature of your game was mental toughness/being clutch. Thanks for the trophies and glorious memories in LOIs Real McCoy 1 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Lol in the first video, was that dravid from the balcony who was telling dhoni to raise his bat and helmet in the air after the century or was he just celebrating? Link to comment
Real McCoy Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 MSD will never be replaced What a clutch player especially at chasing and changed the mood in the Indian camp about chasing. Before that we used to struggle before and panic when the going got tougher. He may not be as pretty in his strokeplay like other superstars but he had his own method and always stuck to his method which is to stay until the end. I can't recall how many matches he was there till the end to finish it off because they were too many. Was excellent behind the wickets especially to spinners. His style of keeping his hands close to the stumps and not have the back and forth movement of hands made quick stumpings possible. He also managed to captain his side well from behind the stumps and got his field placings dead right in ODIs. And most importantly, he won championships after a long drought. 2007, 2011 and 2013 will always stay fresh in my mind. Was also able to manage difficult personalities in the team who were his age and above (actually the seniors were the nicest to him) and some of them didn't appreciate his captaincy but he still played them on merit. Truly a cool captain on that front and on many others. Thanks for the memories thala. I wish you good luck for your post retirement endeavors and keep rocking the IPL for another few years. Thala doesnt care for farewell matches thats not his style. He wanted to retire quietly without any fanfare But I have my own farewell for your cricketing career https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0alThHNb0Y Rasgulla 1 Link to comment
Real McCoy Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 12:25 AM, velu said: If it makes you feel any better, he was a match winning captain, usually stayed until the end of the innings to win the match, and played a clutch innings in the final of a world cup unlike some other guy who is more talented but found his legs shaking when it mattered the most in world cups. With 1 wicket in hand and 15-20 runs to get in the last over and who will you want - If the answer is not thala, people need to get their brain checked. Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Special mention to that hair alone That old Dhoni! Link to comment
Vilander Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 13 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Amazing. Link to comment
VT87 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Nayan mongia, MSK prasad, Saba karim ,Vijay dahiya, Sameer dighe, Deepdas gupta, Ajay ratra, Naman ojha, Parthiv patel, Dk ,Saha and many more our echelon of mediocre wicketkeeprs MSD was a breath of fresh air. We may never get a player like his calibre. Rasgulla and New guy 1 1 Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, VT87 said: Nayan mongia, MSK prasad, Saba karim ,Vijay dahiya, Sameer dighe, Deepdas gupta, Ajay ratra, Naman ojha, Parthiv patel, Dk ,Saha and many more our echelon of mediocre wicketkeeprs MSD was a breath of fresh air. We may never get a player like his calibre. Saha wasn't mediocre. Mongia was decent. Link to comment
Mariyam Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 4 hours ago, VT87 said: Nayan mongia, MSK prasad, Saba karim ,Vijay dahiya, Sameer dighe, Deepdas gupta, Ajay ratra, Naman ojha, Parthiv patel, Dk ,Saha and many more our echelon of mediocre wicketkeeprs MSD was a breath of fresh air. We may never get a player like his calibre. You missed out on Rahul Dravid!! Link to comment
New guy Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 5 hours ago, VT87 said: Nayan mongia, MSK prasad, Saba karim ,Vijay dahiya, Sameer dighe, Deepdas gupta, Ajay ratra, Naman ojha, Parthiv patel, Dk ,Saha and many more our echelon of mediocre wicketkeeprs MSD was a breath of fresh air. We may never get a player like his calibre. Saha was one of the best pure wicetkeepers and 10 times the keeper dhoni was particularly against pacers Rasgulla 1 Link to comment
Tibarn Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 GOAT Indian captain, and it's not even close. He is also arguably the GOAT cricket captain period. 2007 T20 WC 2011 WC Capatin of the #1 Test Team He helped turn India into a machine in ICC tournaments: it became the expectation that we reach the SF and anything less than a cup became a disappointment. He also selected most of the players who are playing as part of our most recent #1 Test team under Kohli. It's a shame certain people blinded by nostalgia don't appreciate him. Link to comment
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